{"id":28273,"date":"2022-07-05T07:48:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T11:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=28273"},"modified":"2022-10-16T03:46:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T03:46:25","slug":"review-for-the-love-of-the-bard-by-jessica-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/05\/review-for-the-love-of-the-bard-by-jessica-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f For the Love of the Bard by Jessica Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-28273\" data-postid=\"28273\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-28273 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/for-the-love-of-the-bard-jessica-martin.jpg?resize=333%2C500\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" title=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f For the Love of the Bard by Jessica Martin\" alt=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f For the Love of the Bard by Jessica Martin\">\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Literary agent and writer Miranda Barnes rolls into her hometown of Bard\u2019s Rest with one goal in mind: to spend the summer finally finishing her YA novel, the next installment in her bestselling fantasy series. Yet Miranda\u2019s mother, deep in the planning stages for the centennial of the town\u2019s beloved annual Shakespeare festival, has other ideas.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Before you can say \u201call\u2019s fair in love and war,\u201d Miranda is cornered into directing\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">Twelfth Night<\/span>\u2014while simultaneously scrambling to finish her book, navigating a family health scare, and doing her best to avoid the guy who broke her heart on prom night.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">When it comes to Adam, the veterinarian with a talent for set design and an infuriating knack for winning over Miranda\u2019s dog, the lady doth protest too much. As any Shakespeare lovers knows, the course of true love never did run smooth, and soon Miranda realizes she\u2019ll have to decide whether to trust Adam with her heart again.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16467 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3_5-hearts.jpg?resize=146%2C44\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> Jun 28, 2022<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Bard&#8217;s Best Romance<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>1<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a0Warm\/Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $9.99<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quotes\">\n<p><em>\u201c\u2019Well, you needn\u2019t worry about anything. There\u2019s nothing left between Adam and me; we\u2019re just working on the same project.\u2019 I wanted to believe that more than anything, because the thought that I might still be hung up on a guy who broke my heart back in high school with an assist by my big sister- well, that added a Havisham dash of tragic to my already anemic love life that I was wholly unprepared to deal with.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Miranda Barnes<\/strong> moved away from home to pursue her career as a writer and a literary agent, but when her mom gets some unwelcome health news Miranda runs home to help her family. Her mom seems to think that her health can wait until the town\u2019s centennial bash is over before getting a lump checked out, but Miranda makes her a deal she can\u2019t pass up. Get her lump biopsied, and she can read an early copy of Miranda\u2019s newest book before it comes out. Somehow, her mom also convinces Miranda to help plan the centennial celebration. This puts her in direct contact with the boy who broke her heart in high school, Adam, and he is ready to show her that he is no longer the boy she remembers but a man who knows what he wants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">I am not sure why this book is being marketed as a romance when the majority and focus of the story isn\u2019t necessarily the romance. There is so much going on with Miranda having trouble writing her new book, her mom\u2019s cancer diagnosis, helping with the town centennial. Add in some sister drama plus the animosity between Miranda and Adam, and it made for a very plot heavy book.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">I was expecting a much lighter read, and if that is what you are looking then this probably isn\u2019t going to be the read for you. I loved Miranda and her tough exterior. She used her humor as a weapon to protect herself from Adam, but it was no use with their history. They were destined to finish what they started in high school no matter if she wanted to or not.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Adam might have made stupid mistakes in the past, but I loved to see how he grew into an adult. I think my biggest complaint for this story is that it felt unresolved. We never get to find out what happened with Miranda\u2019s mom. I wish there would have been a time jump epilogue where we could catch up what was going on with that situation. It just ended very abruptly. I think that was the one big plot point that was left hanging, and it didn\u2019t sit right with me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">If you like books by <strong>Emily Giffin<\/strong> and <strong>Sophie Kinsella<\/strong> then this book might be something that you would enjoy!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Michelle<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_eb0616c customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3uNtarB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3RmeBVw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/for-the-love-of-the-bard-jessica-martin\/1140221062?ean=9780593437445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/for-the-love-of-the-bard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Jessica_Martin_For_the_Love_of_the_Bard?id=JVRFEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Literary agent and writer Miranda Barnes rolls into her hometown of Bard\u2019s Rest with one goal in mind: to spend the summer finally finishing her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,122,128,48],"tags":[148,216,217,421,516],"class_list":["post-28273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-berkley","category-michelle","category-penguin-group","category-reviews","tag-3-5-stars","tag-contemporary","tag-contemporary-romance","tag-romantic-comedy","tag-womens-fiction"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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Yet Miranda\u2019s mother, deep in the planning stages for the centennial of the town\u2019s beloved annual Shakespeare festival, has other ideas.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before you can say \u201call\u2019s fair in love and war,\u201d Miranda is cornered into directing\u00a0Twelfth Night\u2014while simultaneously scrambling to finish her book, navigating a family health scare, and doing her best to avoid the guy who broke her heart on prom night.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When it comes to Adam, the veterinarian with a talent for set design and an infuriating knack for winning over Miranda\u2019s dog, the lady doth protest too much. As any Shakespeare lovers knows, the course of true love never did run smooth, and soon Miranda realizes she\u2019ll have to decide whether to trust Adam with her heart again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3_5-hearts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p> <hr \/> <p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> Jun 28, 2022<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Bard's Best Romance<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>1<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a0Warm\/Sensual<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $9.99<\/p> <hr \/> <p><br \/><br \/><\/p> <blockquote> <p><em>\u201c\u2019Well, you needn\u2019t worry about anything. There\u2019s nothing left between Adam and me; we\u2019re just working on the same project.\u2019 I wanted to believe that more than anything, because the thought that I might still be hung up on a guy who broke my heart back in high school with an assist by my big sister- well, that added a Havisham dash of tragic to my already anemic love life that I was wholly unprepared to deal with.\u201d<\/em><\/p> <\/blockquote> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Miranda Barnes<\/strong> moved away from home to pursue her career as a writer and a literary agent, but when her mom gets some unwelcome health news Miranda runs home to help her family. Her mom seems to think that her health can wait until the town\u2019s centennial bash is over before getting a lump checked out, but Miranda makes her a deal she can\u2019t pass up. Get her lump biopsied, and she can read an early copy of Miranda\u2019s newest book before it comes out. Somehow, her mom also convinces Miranda to help plan the centennial celebration. This puts her in direct contact with the boy who broke her heart in high school, Adam, and he is ready to show her that he is no longer the boy she remembers but a man who knows what he wants.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">I am not sure why this book is being marketed as a romance when the majority and focus of the story isn\u2019t necessarily the romance. There is so much going on with Miranda having trouble writing her new book, her mom\u2019s cancer diagnosis, helping with the town centennial. Add in some sister drama plus the animosity between Miranda and Adam, and it made for a very plot heavy book.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">I was expecting a much lighter read, and if that is what you are looking then this probably isn\u2019t going to be the read for you. I loved Miranda and her tough exterior. She used her humor as a weapon to protect herself from Adam, but it was no use with their history. They were destined to finish what they started in high school no matter if she wanted to or not.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Adam might have made stupid mistakes in the past, but I loved to see how he grew into an adult. I think my biggest complaint for this story is that it felt unresolved. We never get to find out what happened with Miranda\u2019s mom. I wish there would have been a time jump epilogue where we could catch up what was going on with that situation. It just ended very abruptly. I think that was the one big plot point that was left hanging, and it didn\u2019t sit right with me.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">If you like books by <strong>Emily Giffin<\/strong> and <strong>Sophie Kinsella<\/strong> then this book might be something that you would enjoy!<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Michelle<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3uNtarB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3RmeBVw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/for-the-love-of-the-bard-jessica-martin\/1140221062?ean=9780593437445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/for-the-love-of-the-bard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Jessica_Martin_For_the_Love_of_the_Bard?id=JVRFEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28511,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28273\/revisions\/28511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}